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WGUS74 KFWD 271756

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1252 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



TXC121-271900-

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DENTON TX-

1252 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR

DENTON COUNTY...



AT 1252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR KRUM...TO DENTON...TO LITTLE 

ELM AND SOUTHWARD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 17 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 PM CDT.



SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIDGE FLOODED IN DENTON...AT RIPY STREET NORTH 

OF HIGHWAY 380.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. IT 

ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR 

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD 

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3303 9686 3301 9738 3341 9736 3341 9685

TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 277DEG 15KT 3313 9710



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